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Dec 2017 ▲NewSickMusic LUCA BASH – KEYS OF MINE (ALBUM)

The internet has changed a lot about the way albums are produced. Now that people stream music and singles and hits can be listened to without the context of an album at the click of a button, many albums are losing the art of ordering. That is, finding the balance between the big and the small. Luca Bash did not forgo the search for balance on his first release in two years. No, Keys of Mine is a journey through the joyous and the thoughtful, the fast and the slow. This is an album that unfolds like an experience.

There’s an instantaneously warm feeling that one gets from listening to Luca Bash. It’s not incredibly simple to pinpoint, but listeners can chalk it up to Bash’s effortless singing and Los Lobos inspiration found on Keys Of Mine. Splendidly released in both English and Spanish formats, Bash’s latest is a multicultural treat that provides a much-needed function of music – relief.

Keys of Mine is Luca Bash’s first release since his critically acclaimed CMYK project, which comprised of four acoustic EPs that were released back in 2015. Bash, who is currently based in Italy, released Keys of Mine back in September 7th of this year via the Independent label. The 15-track record is a fusion of folk and alternative rock sound.

Above you can find Italian singer/songwriter Luca Bash’s new album, Keys of Mine, streaming in full. The multi-instrumentalist began studying classical violin in the early ’90s, switching to guitar and the art of songwriting shortly thereafter. He went on to a form a group in Rome called BASH, finding moderate success across its six years before breaking up in 2011. He formed the CMYK project in 2014, joined by former collaborator and guitarist Giova (Giovanni) Pes. Keys of Mine is Bash’s first release since the CMYK Project, which released four acoustic EPs in 2015.

A lot of today’s music, though perfect for certain occasions, may at times seem a little empty; as if there is a lot of audio space between the notes. Maybe it has something to do with the way records are mixed, the kinds of instruments and sound apparatuses being used in the studio, or is simply a matter of preference. Regardless, the recently released Keys of Mine by Luca Bash is the exact opposite of that.

If you’re up for a jazzy album that will definitely funk you up at the same time, then you need to check out Luca Bash’s latest album ‘Keys Of Mine‘. What a musical journey of some crazy compositions. The hills and valleys of this new album take you up over soaring sax solos and down along big bass lines, and everything in between is just as luxurious. This album is the product of a lot of deep thought. Each track truly has its own story full of its own hills and valleys and that does nothing but add to the beauty of the work.

Releasing an album as multifarious as this Italian singer-songwriter’s latest comes with its fair share of mountains to climb. Some might claim that with the broad range of influences across the entirety of the roots spectrum present song-per-song on Luca Bash’s Keys of Mine that he lacks focus or direction. If not, others might just well say that it simply would’ve been better off taking one concerted direction and running with it.

Italian Singer/Songwriter, Luca Bash, lyrically seeks clarity throughout his latest album release, ‘Keys of Mine’. Kicking off with the first track, “Backstage”, melodic guitar solos add an element of mystery within a diverse landscape of instrumentals that range from Jazz, Rock, and Blues. “Beyond the Screen” is the second track in which Luca lyrically speaks on the importance of embracing the light within and how mass society is leading their lives behind a screen which has put a damper on a budding human connection. The third track, “Your Tomorrow”, slows it down into a lyrical ode influencing another to seek what sets their soul on fire and simultaneously explore a level of self-love that has yet to be reached. “Paradise Cafè” is the fourth track which mimics the instrumental likes of Dave Matthews Band with an opening guitar ambiance that is abounding with celestial energy and artistically frenetic riffs that coruscate through the minds of intrigued listeners.

Italian singer/songwriter Luca Bash, has recently released his new 15 track album, "Keys of Mine". As stated by the artist, "This need to make music evolved into arranging and mastering a new LP with my friends and musicians, spread out among Europe. This wish becomes real in "Keys of Mine" LP, self produced in 2017, dedicated to the friends that enhance my art". Each one of the keys on the album cover serves to represent one of the friends that donated their musical talent to the release.

Luca Bash passionate soulful creativity Luca Bash – KEYS OF MINE: A very tasty album in from Rome that will catch your ear & then capture your soul with passionate soulful and creative lyrics and great compositions… you’ll really hear that on original tunes like Luca’s 4:34 “Beyond the Screen“… the song goes far beyond “pop”, or even “alternative”, because Luca is able to craft lyrics with deep meaning that we can all relate to… he’s a great performer as well, as you’ll see on the great video below…

Luca Bash is known for his strange, emotion filled, poetic, and interpretive lyricism. With a passion for creating connection with the audience, and authentic expression drawn from his personal perspective, Luca Bash (& Friends), presents "Keys of Mine", a self-produced LP released this year. These tracks range from melancholic and dreamy, to raw, heart-breakingly tragic, and true to form, Luca delivers each track with creative, memorable and unique style.

Nov 2017 ▲Huffpost Music Review: “Keys of Mine” – Luca Bash Has A Gift for Creating Cool Bluesy Jazz Music

Luca Bash recently dropped Keys of Mine, the follow-up to his successful and delightful CMYK, four EPs of acoustic indie music: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key Black, the base colors on printers.

Originally trained as a classical violinist, Bash took up the guitar on impulse. Falling in love with the creative process, he studied at the University of Music in Rome, Italy. Later, he formed a band called Bash. After the band dissolved, he hooked up with guitarist Giova Pes, resulting in the release of CMYK, followed by Single Drops, a best-of-collection from CMYK.

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Oct 2015 ▲Musos’ GuideLuca Bash - Single Drops EP

Luca Bash is the Roman singer-songwriter with an unwavering devotion to bare his soul through stripped-back music. His raw brand of folk-rock has been worked and refined since 1999, but after a debilitating motorbike accident in 2013 which sent Bash into a coma, he awoke with an epiphany regarding his creative direction: “[I had] a new sense for where I wanted my music to go and a much better understanding of the importance of quality recording”.

This new found focus on production shines on Single Drops. A record built on a foundation of acoustic guitars, these tracks are glossed with a crystal clear sound that is palpably close and makes every nuance sparkle and resonate gorgeously.

Melding folk arrangements with classic rock, Luca Bash has always been one to push musical boundaries. However, the singer is making major noise with his latest release of a special compilation EP entitled Single Drops.

Single Drops is a collection of songs written by Bash in 2014. Each song is from each of his four 2014 EPs (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key Black). He also blesses us with one new song on Single Drops, Your Tomorrow.

Italian-born Luca Bash creates music that gets under your skin and makes you feel a bit vulnerable, his latest single “Single Drops” being no different. A simple acoustic song with vocals that are at times reminiscent of Dave Matthews and other times sound a bit like Randy Newman, Bash has a way with the English language and a guitar that will pull at your heartstrings.

Luca Bash’s Single Drops EP is a little like having a quick conversation with someone you meet while escaping a party to get some fresh air. The ensuing meeting doesn’t give you a complete picture of this person, and there isn’t really time to grasp his complexities (if any), but the simplicity of the encounter is refreshing if fleeting. Bash’s uncomplicated offering blends his personality and imagination with a serviceable acoustic core—musically less engaging than it should be, but rich in insight if one cares to delve.

It’s fitting to talk about blending, as that’s essentially how Single Drops came to be. The five-song EP is the result of a collaboration with longtime partner Giovanni “Giova” Pes, a sort of logical next step to their CMYK project. CMYK stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key Black, four EPs released over the course of 2014. Why the theme?

Luca Bash’s Single Drops is somewhat of a sampler of his various other EPs. Bash takes one song from each of his previous EPs Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key Black, and features a new single Your Tomorrow, as the opening track. Bash favours the upbeat folk flavour with intricate string melodies. As Layla Marino of Ellenwood-ep.com says, his style is “a sort of fusion between latin-inspired guitar and country Americana.”

Single Drops harkens back to the basics: it’s entirely string and vocals based and uses no percussion instruments at all.

In May Italian singer-songwriter Luca Bash, in partnership with longtime collaborator Giova Pes, released The Single Drops a compilation EP of the best four tracks from four separate EPs he put out in 2014 plus a new tune.

Sep 2015 ▶︎24ourmusicLuca Bash hits us with something special in “Single Drops”

Oftentimes something très cool will come up in an artist’s history (whether it’s in the “about me” or “album history” doesn’t matter), and here’s what’s good with Luca Bash: he has released a total of four EP’s in 2014.Not particularly interesting?Well, what’s très cool to me is that he decided to call them (in no particular order here) “Cyan”, “Magenta”, “Yellow” and “Key Black”.

Luca Bash’s new EP, the Single Drops, proves that all you need to create good music is an idea and an instrument. Much of the Single Drops relies on the simplicity of a man and is guitar, a small platform that can be made vast by the right notes.

Bash and his collaborator Giova Pes have used the supposedly limiting two guitar arrangement to create music that feels deeply intimate, to something that approaches grandeur on repeated listens. ject.

The Single Drops is the latest in a series of releases from the Italian duo of Luca Bash and Giova Pes.

Luca Bash is a long time fixture of the Italian folk/pop scene and his latest incarnation came after a chance reunion with guitarist Giova Pes, a fellow member of the now defunct group Bash, not long ago. Once they got together again however, the music started to flow and they came up with a concept that saw four releases in 2014 - the CMYK project.

Modern-day music seems to have an obsession with big beats and EDM-style euphoric rises and drops. Now this isn’t another of those typical reviews slamming EDM for its major successes over the past few years, but it is an review aiming to highlight the beauty and stripped back simplicity of a musician and an instrument.

Italian Luca Bash is one of said musicians, with his new EP, “The Single Drops”, summing up what the medium of acoustic music is, thought-provoking, emotive music that can connect people with its raw power.

Continental Europe is filled with U.K. and U.S. chart-friendly bands, EDM DJs, and quirky acts that try to create pop music out of local cultural influences. Luca Bash is none of those. This Italian singe-songwriter would indeed sound more at home in a North American coffee shop than the Eurovision songwriting contest.

His new EP, The Single Drops, is a sort of “Best of” of collection featuring one track from each of his four previous EPs Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key Black along with one new song. Bash does a fine job of keeping the sound varied, something that can be a challenge when you’re flying solo with an acoustic guitar.

After years of struggle, Luca Bash has evolved with his acoustic guitar and emotionally charged lyrics – stripping musical rhythms and lyrics to their bare soul. The portrayal through folk rock that Bash delivers raises the genre to a higher and newer level.

Bash balances everyday life scenarios and incorporates them into his passion for music, effectively tapping into the soul of the music. His endeavours result in praiseworthy songs that are laden with deep, emotional and meaningful lyrics and are expressed through his voice and acoustic guitar. The acoustic guitar naturally adds significance while retaining simplicity, creating a powerful song that Bash wants to convey.

Luca Bash is a singer/songwriter who began his career studying as a classical violinist before switching to guitar in the 1990’s. He then went on to study at the University of Music in Rome and formed a band named BASH. Following -the end of the group in 2011 he decided to go solo with the help of guitarist Giovanni Pes, releasing four acoustic EP’s. Bash’s latest release, “Single Drops” was released on May18th and is made up of what the duo feel are the best songs from their acoustic EP’s as well as a new song entitled “Your Tomorrow”.

The new single is the first track on the EP. It’s a dreamy slow acoustic ballad that has Bash’s vocals as the main focus.

Luca Bash is an Italian singer/songwriter whose work with longtime collaborator and fellow guitarist Giova Pes culminated in four distinct EPs released in 2014. Now Bash has collected a track from each to go with a new piece on The Single Drops, a representative set of dual-guitar and vocal-driven acoustic folk. Reminiscent of Damien Rice and heavily influenced by Dave Matthews, Luca Bash creates massive folk soundscapes relative to the minimal instrumentation and lends a fair amount of emotive qualities lyrically as well.

Luca Bash always wanted to be a musician and just wanted to open people’s eyes through music. Bash started studying music in the ’90s in classical violin. Then decided to leave classical behind and switched to guitar in 1994, though could only write his first song in 1999; because of this, Bash immediately wanted to write more songs after falling for the creative process of song writing. Bash attended the University of Music in Rome, though after three years of studying, not only music but other forms of art, finally gained some recognition producing thirteen of his songs including “Dear John” which would be the first song to become known.Bash Participated in the Festival of Songs in 2006 in Italy as well where he came to win the award for best interpretation.

Rome-based singer-songwriter Luca Bash recently released his newest collection of tracks on an EP titled Single Drops, which takes cuts from his previous series of EPs with his CMYK project, inspired by the color model for printing.

We chatted with Bash recently about the EPs, the videos for the project and what he has lined up for the future as well. You can read through our full conversation below where you’ll also find his newest single, “Your Tomorrow.”

You have quite a history with music as far as I can tell. Can you talk about where it all started for you and what led to you wanting to become a musician?

Well, to answer properly it should be useful to distinguish music studies and songwriting. I began studying violin when 11 years old (1991). Then, I approached guitar and other arts, like oil painting and sculpture. This phase was my own quest to find a way to explain myself and my thoughts. It was something like finding the right woman. The marriage with guitar and songwriting came during 1999, when I discovered Live at Luter College by Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds. I listened to those songs and I started playing them with my guitar. This was the first milestone of my songwriting marathon.

And apart from those involved with that album, what influences do you think have had an effect on you along that way that might have helped inspire the sound you’ve taken on as a musician?

I compose my songs with an acoustic guitar, and, obviously, the artists that use the same acoustic sounds inspired me. Dave Matthews, Eric Clapton, Damien Rice, Kings of Convenience, Ben Harper, etc. Moreover, I discovered the love for pure sounds, like the natural resonances that come out from an acoustic instruments set.

This EP, Single Drops, is a compilation of sorts, right? Can you explain the idea behind it and the work you put into all the EPs involved?

Single Drops is an EP of songs collected to showcase the 2014 CMYK project–four EPs that follow the four colors a printer needs to reproduce an input image. The input image is what I have been till April 17, 2013, when my spine decided to resist against a motorbike accident and five days of coma. So the entire project is like a puzzle, where every piece is a song created till that date. There’s no logic behind the choice of the songs. Probably just the will to create a mix of genre, but basically it was like following a flow of an unshaped will (that’s why the labyrinth as artwork). A nice thing is that the first track of Cyan, “Forever Like Asleep”, is the song I was working just before my motorbike crash, and “Your Tomorrow” is the latter I have composed.

How did you choose which songs from those EPs would go on this new one?

All the songs in the Single Drops EP are the first opening song of each EP from the CMYK Project. “Your Tomorrow” is the single chosen because of the latter and, in my opinion, the most beautiful song I have created and crafted during these years.

What can you tell me about the CMYK project and the videos you did for that?

Some lessons of life feel as though they need to be shared with the world. Luca Bash, Italian singer/songwriter and guitarist, has emotion and passion behind his words. Bash explores the world of love and religion with a couple of guitars and the hums inside his heart. The Single Drops is a five song EP that officially dropped May 18, 2015.

The Single Drops is a collective EP with five tracks, four of these tracks are taken from past EPs while the leading track “Your Tomorrow” was written specifically for this release. This project is a compilation from another project that has seen light in a number of different ways. The CMYK project is composed of four different themed EPs: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key Black.

An Award-winning indie outfit with a knack for crafting acoustic guitar melodies with raw emotionally charged vocals, Rome's Luca Bash has successfully fused pop, Americana, with a seasoning of Bossa Nova for good measure. The Single Drops falls into an undefined category, which isn't a bad thing. Although a strong accent can make the lyrics difficult to thoroughly understand, it adds to Bash's storytelling.

The duo likes to strip down the music to it's bare soul, whatever the dialect.

Luca Bash is not just any pop/rock folk artist, he is a genius when it comes to taking a song and baring his soul from the first note to the last. There is a particular darkness to the music…in an eye opening sort of way…but if you listen closely you can see that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. It’s impenetrable force within the prose stabs you with the light of truth.

Evergreen, timeless, without restrictions and totally honest. This album takes the listener deep within, within the dark crevices that we shy away from and within the reality of really seeing life and decay. Luca takes you deep within yourself.

Rome-based singer and songwriter Luca Bash released in 2014 a collection of four EPs, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key Black, collectively known as CMYK. The Single Drops, his newest effort, is a compilation taking one selection from each release and topping it off with a new addition, “Your Tomorrow”. With only two acoustic guitars, Luca Bash and longtime collaborator Giova Pes create a rich and diversified soundscape with the latter adding ornamentation to an already beautiful composition. That the two have a longstanding and loving relationship with their instruments bleeds through every note they play.While The Single Drops can be filed under the broad category of acoustic rock, there are quite a few other flavours liberally spread throughout, including Latin melodies, a taste of country, a hint of Americana, and even a little bit of funk and jazz.

OK, hear me out: Italian Native and acoustic folk/rock softie Luca Bash might not be exactly the hard-nosed, dark core electro cyber goth steam vampire stuff we normally go for on Brutal Resonance, but there is a definite dark side to this initially chipper-sounding songwriter. The CMYK project, released as four separate EPs last year, does not show its dark side upon first listen. It’s clearly not in the clean, upbeat acoustic guitar music he and his playing partner Giova Pes produce, but it is most definitely there.

Bash claims to have a 30-year toehold as a songwriter and producer of acoustic-based folk songs with a Latin flare. In 2014 he came up with the idea for CMYK and began collaborating with guitar virtuoso Giova Pes to release four interconnected EPs, named after the base printer colors: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key Black.

Today’s song is “Your Tomorrow” by Luca Bash. His songs explore that nature of religion to the very nature of reality. The Roman musician has been playing for three decades and entertaining listeners with his controversial yet lovely music.

Single Drops, the latest compilation EP from Rome artist Luca Bash is a beautiful collection of songs that demonstrates Bash’s true sense of artistry and command of the folk genre. Just a year ago, Luca released four EP’s (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key Black) and has now decided to release one song from each of those release’s along with a new track titled “Your Tomorrow”, a stunning acoustic tune that opens Drops.

While the guitars throughout the song give off a glowing and polished feel, the only aspect that feels out of place is Luca’s voice.

Italian native Luca Bash has a 30-year pedigree in writing and producing beautiful, acoustic-based folk songs. In 2014 he teamed up with guitar virtuoso Giova Pes to release four interconnected EPs, called the CMYK project. Key Black, Yellow, Cyan and Magenta were the respective names of the albums, corresponding with the main ink colors in a printer. Never one to take shortcuts, Bash has now released a new compilation EP called Single Drops to highlight his favorite tracks from the CMYK EPs and to introduce his newest original single, Your Tomorrow.

The term “acoustic” doesn’t exactly cover the intricacy and skill with which Luca Bash composes his songs, nor does it accurately describe Pes’ skill with the acoustic guitar.

Singer/songwriter Luca Bash released his compilation EP “The Single Drops” back in May and while the idea is interesting, it might not appeal to those looking from something new and fresh in music. The EP features a track from each of his previously released EP's as well as the new song “Your Tomorrow.” This is great for those who already follow the artist, but since the music is often soft, generic, and too easy to tune out.

Italian singer/songwriter Luca Bash has teamed up with his guitar virtuoso partner Giova Pes to release a new compilation EP. Single Drops takes one song from each of the duos four EPs released in 2014: Key Black, Yellow, Cyan and Magenta. Bash and Pes together are known as CMYK (standing for the letters of the corresponding album colors) and they also added a new single to this EP, called “Your Tomorrow.”

To say Luca Bash and Giova Pes are an acoustic duo is a bit simplistic.

There are times you wish to step back from life and sit in a quiet place where the clocks don’t move. A place you can spend an entire day watching the raindrops slither down your windows, meditating on their haphazard little courses. And during such evenings you need a soothing soundtrack, preferably made of nothing more than an honest voice and strains from an ordinary box guitar. Whenever that longing for peaceful reflection strikes, know that a talented singer-guitarist from Rome has just the soundtrack to complete the mood. His name is Luca Bash.

The name of the songs he has put together to be that balm for your weary soul is called ‘Single Drops’.

It’s perfectly natural and understandable for people to want to engage in their own personal experiences to truly comprehend life’s most important lessons and emotions. But sometimes they can’t fully appreciate those messages until they hear other peoples’ passionately relatable and meaningful stories from their years of conflict. Italian pop-rock-funk singer-songwriter-guitarist Luca Bash has commandingly represented those struggles and bleak realities of the world in his latest EP, ‘Single Drops.’ Filled with songs that are unafraid of exploring such complex subjects as love and religion, the record proves that the musician has the organic ability and influence to change people’s perspectives and thoughts on such important topics.

The compilation album, which is the culmination of several songs from Bash’s previous four EPs that he released last year, including ‘Cyan,’ ‘Magenta,’ ‘Yellow’ and ‘Key Black,’ shows how the musician likes to connect to the soul of every track.

Jun 2015 ▲Flowers in a GunLuca Bash brings the best of CMYK project to The Single Drops

After releasing four conceptual Eps in 2014 (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key Black) singer-songwriter Luca Bash unites the best of them in sort of a compilation EP. The Single Drops features a track from each of the EPs and a brand new song – “Your Tomorrow”.

It is easy to hide behind the distortion of an electric turned up past ten, but for Luca Bash this isn’t on his agenda. Instead Luca has chosen to bare his emotions for all of us to see, and I for one respect any artist that chooses to make that their mission; it can be a scary yet empowering place to be. It is difficult to release any song without the protection of other band members to help take on the many vast reviews an album of this sort can garner, and Luca Bash strips down to the most honest place a musician can find themselves with this sort of melodic and intimate album.

The latest EP “Single Drops” is a beautiful and somewhat pitchy collaboration between singer/songwriter Luca Bash and Giova Pes.

Luca Bash had a very busy year in 2014, releasing 4 EP’s that crossed genres together in beautiful and inspiring ways. He comes back this year with a five-track compilation of those albums in the newest release, The Single Drops EP. Bash has excellent musical instincts, which are highlighted here on this EP. You can hear his fearless lyrics throughout all of his songs as he dives into subjects such as the nature of reality, religion and love.

On May 18th, Roman musician, Luca Bash, released his summer EP titled, The Single Drops, a project that blends together the indie folk and singer-songwriter genres. Musically, Luca is very talented and has a strong presence on each tune. Along the lines of a Dave Matthews or John Mayer, Luca Bash seems to know who he is as a musician and doesn’t try to stray or venture too far from his “lane”. His new EP showcases his strengths in the areas of songwriting and composition.

Luca Bash is in a league of his own. The Italian stallion deliberately sets himself from the rest by crafting his stripped back version of folk and rock that’s pure as snow and undeniably compelling. His latest project, ” Single Drops” is a complication EP, where he selected each release from his four 2014 EPs (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key Black), plus one bonus track.

The 5-track collection immediately draws you in with bonus track, ” Your Tomorrow” and “Dear John”.

Drawn from his four EPs (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key Black), plus a new song ("Your Tomorrow") Luca Bash makes folk-ish music with a distinctively world music vibe running through it.Based in Rome, this music bears some resemblance at times to Dave Matthews. However, where Matthews' songs may jump and jive in places, Bash's sounds are far more straightforwardly linear. What these two artists do have in common, though, is a focus on great guitar playing - specifically acoustic guitar work. All these five songs include some stunning examples of acoustic finger picking.

Having released 4 EP’s in 2014 (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key Black), Rome-based Singer/Songwriter Luca Bash recently released ‘Single Drops,’ a compilation EP featuring 4 tracks from each of his previous EP’s, along with his latest single ‘Your Tomorrow.’

Definitely a tough one to review…I gotta give Luca Bash some real credit for challenging my ears and brain for true acceptance with this new EP. On the one hand, there’s a beautifully gifted songwriter and musician…on the other is one struggling to find the perfect tones of voice to match the music. Listening to Luca’s work, I’ve got nearly zero doubt that Giova Pes started on anything other than guitar originally; you can audibly hear the incredible connection to the instrument through the gorgeously flawless & melodic parts he’s written. I’d be willing to bet that Luca eventually chose to add vocals…but I’m thinking that in terms of his music it was the last piece to be added. That strong connection to the guitar and to the song-writing itself comes out a little more securely and confidently than the vocal performances for the most part on Single Drops…but nothing that should make you not want to give this new EP a chance; put it on, turn it up and let’s talk about Luca.

To refer to Luca Bash’s output as an artist the last few years as prodigious would be an understatement, and with the release of his latest release – after releasing four EPs in 2014 (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key Black) – Bash has assembled a compilation that takes one featured song from each EP and cheekily titled it Single Drops. With his acoustic folk rock showcased in a memorable collaboration, Bash’s latest effort is destined to take the current state of folk music and raise the bar.

In the case of Italian singer/songwriter Lucas Bash, the insane string job he and longtime collaborator Giova Pes put together on their latest EP, “Single Drops” isn’t enough to make up for the fact that Bash’s vocals just aren’t up to par.

While the EP is an awesome collection of licks, it’s hard to ignore Bash’s vocals, which are often hard to understand, too low or most of the time, lost under the guitar work. Surprisingly deep and full, every track has a solo or a riff that’ll catch your ears. The fact that all the tracks feature just the duo and no one else is a testament to their ability on strings.

Review Fix chats with guitarist and singer Luca Bash who breaks down his new EP, “Single Drops.”

While the EP is an awesome collection of licks, deep and full, every track has a solo or a riff that’ll catch your ears. The fact that all the tracks feature just the duo and no one else is a testament to their ability on strings.

Review Fix: You’ve put out a ton of EPs lately, what makes this one extra special?

Luca Bash: The “flood” of songs I’ve published lately is not a foolish marketing strategy or an offensive counter-tactic against the experts’ industry know-how. It was a need. After my motorbike crash in 2013, It is a miracle I can play now my guitar. So, in one year, I published all my songs, to fix what I created in these years. ‘Single Drops’ is a manifesto of that, nothing more, and nothing less than one song for each EP and the latter, “Your Tomorrow.”

Review Fix: How would you describe your sound to someone who’s never heard you?

Bash: By the acoustic point of view, it is an intimate way to tell what I think, dream, love and believe. And I try to do this by an original research of chords and themes. With the Band (the last songs of Magenta, Yellow and Key Black EPs) the sound is created by the track plowed by Dave Mathews Band, the band I love.Review Fix: How was “Your Tomorrow” written? Is there a story behind it?

Bash: It was written like every song I write. First, music is accompanied by a “false” English, then it is the lyrics turn. In that case, the music came into my mind like a mother that tells her baby about the future while he sleeps. Thus, the words can be more complicated and deep, like something for his future… like a heritage, I mean. Something that a kid cannot understand when awake. That’s why the verse swings between a 7/8 and a 4/4 tempo.

Review Fix: What else do you think makes that song special?Bash: For me it is special because it is the latter, my testament, everything I am till now as a songwriter. For musicians, it is interesting for harmony and tempo, which swings between odd and even timings without jumping or stopping, just fluently. For the crowd, I don’t know… I thing it is a beautiful way to tell everybody how to read and love the metaphor of the rain.

Luca Bash’s newest release, “Single Drops” is a compilation of acoustic melodies in which he showcases intricate detail work on the guitar and a talent for song-writing.

This album starts off with a gentle melody on the guitar that is soothing and sweet. Bash’s voice adds to this mellow sound, crooning lyrics like “don’t fly too high to the edge of the sky, the raindrops won’t fall in vain, they’ll wash your tears away.” I really like the tender sound of this song—it is almost like a lullaby. At first, this artist’s voice seemed a bit intrusive to the soft and sweet song he set up in the beginning.

Armed with two guitars and a deep set of lyric-writing skills, Luca Bash’s new EP The Single Drops goes right to the heart of the matter. Love, life, heartbreak, and redemption. It’s all there on The Single Drops. Bash’s music is specifically dramatic and unique and the EP feels a little old school, paving the way for a wider audience.

Rome-native, alt-folk singer-songwriter Luca Bash released a set of four EPs named after colors (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key Black) in 2014 and this year he presents a compilation EP titled The Single Drops that features one track off each of those previous EPs, plus the new ballad “Your Tomorrow”. Lucas has worked for three decades in the artistic field, from sculpting to playing music, and he keeps his acoustic songs as uncomplicated as possible, using only two guitars (played by him and long-time collaborator Giova Pes) and his unadorned vocals.

There are artists that come along that seem to tap into their wellspring of emotions connected to nature slightly better than others. Once The Single Drops, the new EP from singer/songwriter Luca Bash opens, you pick up right away that he’s one of those artists who’s beginning to show that talent. Bash hails from Rome, Italy and has been involved in many art forms but music has always captivated him most.

Award winning artist, Luca Bash (along with Giova Pes) mixes rock with folk by removing the “noise” and stripping his arrangements down to their bare bones.

Bash has recently released a new EP (May 18th, 2015) titled The Single Drops. This compilation includes tracks from all four EP’s released in 2014 as well as a new track titled “Your Tomorrow.” He has also released a video. Here’s a look and thoughts on Bash’s latest tune.